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1. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
5. Small arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk.
12. The seventh and last day of the week.
15. In or relating to or obtained from urine.
16. A green transparent form of beryl.
17. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
18. An unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate.
20. Wild and menacing.
21. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
22. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
23. A woolen cap of Scottish origin.
25. Using speech rather than writing.
26. The part of a quadruped that corresponds to the human buttocks.
28. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
30. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
32. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
33. A member of the Siouan people of the Kansas river valley in Kansas.
36. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
38. (informal) Of the highest quality.
41. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
42. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
44. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
48. Of or relating to the Isle of Man or its inhabitants or their language.
50. Large family of important mostly marine food fishes.
51. Speaking a Slavic language.
52. Wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting.
53. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
54. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
58. A state in New England.
59. Spider crabs.
63. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
65. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
66. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
69. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
72. A sign of assent or salutation or command.
76. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
77. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
78. The quantity broken.
79. A prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill.
80. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
81. Any of several muscles of the trunk.
82. Used of a single unit or thing.
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1. A lump on the body caused by a blow.
2. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
3. Do wrongly or improperly.
4. Canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained.
5. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Nepal or its people or language or culture.
6. Before noon.
7. (sports) The chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play.
8. Of very poor quality or condition.
9. The capital and largest city of Zimbabwe.
10. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
11. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
12. A large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm.
13. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
14. Semi-evergreen South American tree with odd-pinnate leaves and golden yellow flowers cultivated as an ornamental.
19. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
24. An accountant certified by the state.
27. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
29. American dwarf fan palms.
31. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
34. A deep bow.
35. Submit or yield to another's wish or opinion.
37. The basic unit of money in Papua New Guinea.
39. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
40. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
43. Being eight more than sixty.
45. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
46. (Akkadian) Mother of the gods and consort of Apsu.
47. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
49. Coil in which voltage is induced by motion through a magnetic field.
55. A public promotion of some product or service.
56. Someone whose employment involves carrying something.
57. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
60. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
61. (Old Testament) The fourth son of Jacob who was forebear of one of the tribes of Israel.
62. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
64. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
67. British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888).
68. A city in southeastern South Korea.
70. An unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision.
71. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
73. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
74. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
75. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
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